Improvement in fences



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Letters .Patent No. 107,533, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES;

'.llhe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whoiat may concern:

. Be it known that I, LESTER PHILIPS, of Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Olaire,.and State of Wisconsin,

have invented a new arid useful Ilnprovenient in Felices;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the al't to make and use the Sallie, reference being had to tlic'acconi pan yin g drawingforming part of this specification.

This invention relates to ilnprovclnents in the coilstruction'of farm-fences', alid consists incertain details o t construction, hereinafter specified, wlierebya cheap, durable, portable felice is provided, wllich is adapted for being set vertically on side hills` or level ground, and iliade so that tlie parts may be all fitted in the shop, for pnt-ting together in the field, in a simple. manner, the like-parts being interchangeable.`

Figui-e 1 is atop view' oi'a section ot' my improved fence, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate cl'irresponding parts. l l

The posts A,for t-hecontinnous fence, are iliade of one piece of board, preferably of the saline width aiid thickness as the longitudinal boards B.. Tliey are pivoted at the bottoni between two horizontal supportviiig-boards, C, of like character, by pills D. Thesev boards C have, near the ends, short blocks, E, pinned between Vthem, and they are snpportcd'abovc the ground by the shortstakes F, driven into the ground, and passing between the boards at the ends, where they arel nailed or pinned together at G, the said stakes risingabove the boards sufficiently to be driven again when the ends in the ground rot o, the nails or piiis at G being ,first withdrawn, aiid the parts being again nailed or pinned.

'where they niay'also be notchedl to prevent displacenient laterally.

' If the ground pitches laterally, in respect to the felice, tooiinuchjto adniitof levelingl the base-boards C on the stakes, then the posts may be turned on the pivots D to the vertical position, and the braces on the dowll-'liill side may be set in notches, I, in the tops of the blocks E on that side.

The posts are nioi'tised, for the eudsiot` the boards B, on each side, to meet and lap in the said mortises; aiid the latter are made longer than the width ot" the. boards, for the admission of keys, K, above or below,

for securing the boards, which al'e notched onl the edges opposite'the keys to loclcwitli the posts, as'

shown at K'.

For' ruiming a fence up or dowli hill, the posts A may be set vertically, alid the boards B may be arranged obliqnely in thev posts, the walls of the ends of the liiortises being niade oblique for the purpose.

Foruiiitiii'g two felices at a right or other'angle, I

'employ double posts, L, connected to the base-boards G of one of the posts A, as shown, and to the post at the topby a short board, M.

For fences crossing each other, two of these posts L are used, one on each side of the post.A, as shown. 'The boards Bare connected to these end posts L by pins, N, passing through the-ends, which are placed between the tivo boards which forni the posts. This connection adlnits of arranging the boards Bobliquely to the posts for uneven ground. l v

The posts may have caps, Q, placed on the tops, as shown, to prevent tlieni from splitting.

It will be seen that this improved construction provides a felice wellvailapted for anyvsurface, whether level or not; also, that it is cheap aiid durable.

Having thus described iny invention,

l clailn as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl 1. The combination ofthe posts A, boards B, keys vK, base-siipports C, stakes F, blocks I, and braces H,

when all al'e constructed aiid arranged substantially as specified.

2. The coliibiliatioii, with the post-s A, boards B, and'base-supports G, ot the corner posts L, when colistructcd and arranged substantially as specified.

LESTER PHILIPS.

Witnesses:

L. B. CARPENTER, V. B. Bannon. 

